(Reuters) — Singapore’s ruling party romped to a strong election victory on Friday (September 11) and increased its share of the vote and seat tally as it brushed off an opposition challenge in the city state’s most hotly contested polls. The People’s Action Party (PAP), which has ruled since independence in 1965, was always expected to win but opposition parties, contesting in all seats for the first time, had hoped to gain enough votes to […]
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At least 20 die in cylinder explosion in central India
(Reuters) — At least 20 people were killed on Saturday (September 12) after a suspected gas explosion ripped through a restaurant in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, a police official said. Another 75 people were injured, an official in Jhabua district police control room told Reuters. Police suspect the blast, which occurred about 800 km (500 miles) south of New Delhi, was caused by a gas cylinder exploding in the restaurant. Television footage […]
Europe may face decades of refugee crisis, says expert
(Courtesy CCTV) — The refugee crisis that Europe is now facing might last for decades, and yet no policy so far can solve the problem, said an international strategic expert in an exclusive interview with China Central Television (CCTV) on Friday in London. Nigel Inkster, the Director of Transnational Threats and Political Risk at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, said the refugee crisis may last longer than many people think. “I think the answer […]
Family members of those killed on 9-11 mourn loved ones 14 years on
(Reuters) — An overcast Friday (September 11) greeted relatives who gathered at the World Trade Center site to commemorate nearly 3,000 people killed in the Sept. 11 attacks in New York, Pennsylvania and outside Washington 14 years ago, when airliners hijacked by al Qaeda militants brought death, mayhem and destruction. Relatives of the victims read their names in a solemn and poignantly familiar pattern. Emblematic of the generations affected, children who were not old […]
Crane accident in the Muslim holy city of Mecca claims 87 lives
(Reuters) — The death toll in a crane accident at the Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca rose to 87 on Friday (September 11), the head of Saudi Arabia’s civil defence authority told Al Ikhbariya television. He said 183 people had been injured. The accident came just weeks before Islam’s annual haj pilgrimage. Al Arabiya television earlier said the crane had fallen because of strong storms – western Saudi […]
Japanese residents recall horror of flash floods; 800,000 people at one point advised to evacuate
(Reuters) — Floods that swept houses off their foundations and crushed others under landslides spread across Japan on Friday (September 11) as more rivers burst their banks, killing at least three people, leaving at least 23 missing and forcing more than 100,000 to flee. A further 800,000 people were at one point advised to evacuate after officials issued warnings of “once in a half century rains” to five million people in areas east and north […]
Japanese residents evacuate due to flood
TOKYO, Japan – Due to severe flooding, 200, 000 residents of the northern portion of capital city of Tokyo were evacuated. Said flooding was caused by non-stop rains, the most severe experienced by said country. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
Venezuela opposition leader Lopez jailed for 13 years
(Reuters) — Venezuela’s best-known jailed opposition figure, Leopoldo Lopez, was jailed for 13 years on Thursday (September 10) on charges of inciting 2014 anti-government protests that spiralled into violence killing more than 40 people. After a marathon session at the heavily guarded Palace of Justice, judge Susana Barreiros ruled 44-year-old Lopez, a U.S.-educated hardline opponent of socialist President Nicolas Maduro arrested in February last year, had masterminded the violence. He was ordered to return to […]
Singapore’s Prime Minister casts his vote for the election
(Reuters) — Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Friday (September 11) cast his vote in its most hotly-contested general election to date, even though the ruling party is bound to win. Lee, who voted in a constituency in the south of the city with his wife, Ho Ching, said he was confident. “I feel good thank you, I’ve cast my vote, I’ve visited my polling stations in Ang Moh Kio and this evening I’ll […]
Britain’s queen opens new railway as she becomes longest-reigning monarch
(Reuters) –Queen Elizabeth sealed a special place in the Britain’s history by becoming its longest-reigning monarch on Wednesday (September 9), but amid warm tributes from politicians and the public, she said the landmark was not something to which she had ever aspired. Elizabeth, 89, surpasses the 63 years, 7 months, 2 days, 16 hours and 23 minutes that her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria spent on the throne. The occasion was marked by cheering, flag-waving crowds on […]
Rescue operations start in Japan as floods, river surges force evacuation of 100,00 residents
(Reuters) — At least two people were missing, scores were stranded in flooded homes and some 100,000 evacuated across a wide swathe of Japan on Thursday (September 10) after torrential rains sent rivers surging over their banks and through breakwaters. Record-breaking rain prompted authorities to issue “rare weather warnings” for 5 million people in a wide swathe of eastern Japan, where some areas received more than twice their usual monthly September rain in just 48 […]
Europe announces comprehensive plan for refugees
BELGIUM, Europe, September 10 (Eagle News) — The European Union announced that it has completed a comprehensive plan regarding the refugee situation that the continent is facing, with the 140, 000 refugees being divided among the member-states. Most of the refugees are asylum-seekers from Syria. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/_olwlJAIGhg
